Cops Release Footage Of Teen Who Was Found Dead In Hotel Freezer

The surveillance video from the Crowne Plaza in Rosemont was released last week as speculation over how exactly Kenneka Jenkins last moments played out ran rampant across the internet and, most importantly, amongst the 19-year-old’s horrified family.

Police hope the footage will put to rest any fears that foul play was involved.

Jenkins was found dead early after attending a party at the hotel. In the video, police say the seemingly intoxicated teen can be seen stumbling into a kitchen area.

However, no footage has been released that shows Jenkins actually walk into a freezer.

“Despite request for all evidence, we have only been provided snippets of video, none of which shows Kenneka Jenkins walking into a freezer,” an attorney for the family said in a statement. “The family has not been provided any video or other evidence of Kenneka Jenkins walking into a freezer.”

The family has previously questioned the police version of events in which Jenkins was alone when she entered the freezer. Speculation also surrounded a Facebook Live video in which the teen can purportedly be seen prior to her death.

Some viewers of the Facebook video said they were able to hear a seemingly Jenkins.

Jenkins’ mother, Teresa Martin, has remained especially visible since her daughter’s death began making headlines, in part because she felt like faster reaction on the part of authorities following her disappearance might have made a difference.

Martin says she showed up at the hotel herself to try to find her in the hours after she didn’t come home. “I said could somebody please look into the cameras to see if they see my daughter in the hotel…manager said there’s nothing we can do,” she told reporters at a press conference Sunday.

Twenty-four hours later, after filing a missing persons report, the family got the news Jenknins was found dead in the unused freezer.